Native American Catholics

E474994

Indigenous Catholics in the United States religious community

Native American Catholics are Indigenous peoples of the United States who practice the Catholic faith while maintaining and integrating their distinct tribal cultures, traditions, and identities.

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Label	Occurrences
Native American Catholics canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous Catholics in the United States ⓘ religious community ⓘ
associatedWith	Catholic Church in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Catholic missions to Indigenous peoples ⓘ United States Conference of Catholic Bishops NERFINISHED ⓘ
celebrates	annual Tekakwitha Conference gatherings ⓘ feast of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnicGroup	Alaska Natives NERFINISHED ⓘ American Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ Native Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ
facesIssue	cultural assimilation pressures ⓘ historical trauma ⓘ language loss ⓘ
hasDevotion	Our Lady of Guadalupe NERFINISHED ⓘ Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines NERFINISHED ⓘ Our Lady of the Sioux NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotablePerson	Fr. Emil Kapaun NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Chiwatenhwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kateri Tekakwitha NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Black Elk NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre-Jean De Smet NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOrganization	Black and Indian Mission Office NERFINISHED ⓘ Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions NERFINISHED ⓘ Tekakwitha Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPatron	Saint Kateri Tekakwitha NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	19th-century U.S. federal Indian policy ⓘ French missions in the Great Lakes region ⓘ Jesuit missions in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish missions in the Southwest ⓘ boarding school era ⓘ
integrates	Indigenous languages ⓘ Indigenous symbols ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ tribal dance ⓘ tribal music ⓘ tribal spiritual traditions ⓘ
language	English ⓘ various Native American languages ⓘ
population	minority within U.S. Catholic population ⓘ
practices	Catholic sacraments ⓘ Eucharist NERFINISHED ⓘ baptism ⓘ confirmation ⓘ devotion to the Virgin Mary ⓘ veneration of saints ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
seeks	healing and reconciliation for boarding school abuses ⓘ inculturation of Catholic liturgy ⓘ recognition of Indigenous traditions within the Church ⓘ

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Office of Native American Affairs → servesCommunity → Native American Catholics ⓘ